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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Ashley Battles, the wing walking Wonder Woman braves the skies just weeks ... - Daily Mail By Sara Malm | A female dare devil shows the true meaning of being a Wonder Woman as she performs thousands of feet above ground just weeks after another wing walker died in a crash. Ashley Battles, holds the world record for remaining on the wings of a plane for a staggering four hours and two minutes. The 29-year-old performs with no safety net and is simply strapped onto a rack bolted to the wing span....

Wing Nuts Air Show takes off in Tarkio - Maryville Daily Forum | A large assortment of civilian and vintage military aircraft will be on display — both on the ground and in the air — this Saturday during the annual Wing Nuts Flying Circus Air Show at the Gould Patterson Memorial Airport in Tarkio.

Fly-In returns to Arlington July 11-13 - Arlington Times | ARLINGTON — The Arlington Fly-In's three-day run from July 11-13 will still offer its “Kids Day” on its opening day of July 11, during which all children accompanied by adults are admitted for free. Activities begin at 9 a.m. While all groups and ...

Melbourne hopes to land air & space show - FloridaToday.com | Billed as Central Florida’s largest free spectator event, Cocoa Beach’s annual air show may fly south before winter — assuming ample funding and beachside parking are secured.Tonight, air show organizer Bryan Lilley and City Manager Michael McNees will report to the Melbourne City Council on the proposed Melbourne Air & Space Show, slated for Nov. 2-3....

Wet Weekend at Wynkoop · Rich Davidson, NORDO News | Despite horrible weather for an aviation event, during the days of June 27-30, the folks at The National Waco Club had a rather sporty turnout for their annual fly-in. While 18 Wacos may not sound like much, it is a great turnout considering the daily downpours that plagued the area. Furthermore, a large additional number of spirited members displayed the heart of the group in their efforts to make it....

B-25 bomber to be on display at Blue Grass Airport - MENAFN.COM | The plane is owned by the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force, a preservation group. Many University of Kentucky fans remember Jim Brown as the man who attended 412 consecutive home UK football games from 1945 until a bad cold stopped ...

Memorial dedication Sunday for '63 B-47 crash near Comfrey - NUjournal | COMFREY - The weather will be much different Sunday than it was a half century ago when a U.S. Air Force B-47 crashed in a Bashaw Township farm meadow about three miles northwest of Comfrey, on a frigid and windy February afternoon. The mishap took the lives of all four aircraft crew-members. Relatives of at least two of the Air Force officers on the airplane have confirmed they will attend Sunday's memorial dedication, according to Marianne Schotzko of Comfrey....

Early in WWII, 'Gib' Russell flew coast, looking for German subs - CAP News | NORTH CAROLINA -- It’s hard to imagine now, but as a 17-year-old Gilbert “Gib” Russell was flying single-engine planes along the Virginia and North Carolina coastlines, looking for German submarines. When he spotted one — and this occurred with some regularity in late 1942 and early 1943 — Russell could do several things. Flying close to the water...

Japanese Bombing of the US West Coast in WWII - Warbird News | While many Americans believe that the continental United States has never been bombed by a foreign power, it simply isn’t true. The Japanese were quite intent on wreaking havoc on the West Coast and were quite inventive in their methods, however their efforts did not cause the damage hoped-for, and the US Government, for morale and strategic reasons kept it out of the news. The Japanese twice shelled the West Coast from submarines, sent over 9000 balloon bombs, delivered via the jet stream across the Pacific Ocean, and finally brought planes, launched from submarines to drop bombs on the continental US....

Antonov An 70 - English Russia | An-70 is a medium-range cargo (operational-tactical, military-transport) aircraft of the new generation developed by the Aviation Scientific-Technical Complex “Antonov”. It was intended to replace the out-of-date An-12....Air Defence – Air Force Museum (Vietnam) by travelforaircraft | Located at the intersection of Tôn Thât Tùng Kèo-dai and Truông Chinh in Hanoi Vietnam is a large museum devoted to Vietnam's aviation history, a good portion of which addresses the war against France and the one against the United States. The exterior of the museum has dozens of exhibits (of Russian, Chinese and American manufacture) while the interior has artifacts and....

The Star of Africa — likes of whom not to be seen again? by travelforaircraft | I first read of Hans-Joachim Marseille when I was young, while attending elementary school. I recognized that this was a fighter pilot to learn from — the fabulous Luftwaffe aviator in his yellow-snouted Bf 109 who could shoot so accurately he would return with much of his ammunition left, though he had shot down several aircraft. Then...nothing. It was more than difficult to find material about him except for where his burial site and monument are located. A search through German sources looked to be in my future....

Mysterious debris emerges from sea in Norway. Piece of a Russian bomber or rocket? · David Cenciotti | Some interesting as well as mysterious metal parts with Russian text have emerged from sea in the Salmon Bay, in Finnmark, in the extreme northeastern part of Norway, on Jun. 3. According to the Norwegian TV2 website, the official explanation is that the wreck part belongs to the second stage of a rocket called Kosmos2486. The rocket was launched on Jun. 7 from Tlesetsk in Russia barely four days before the mysterious debris appeared on the surface of the sea....

Still a mighty interesting way to run an airport · Drew Steketee, GAN | It’s still going great guns — one of America’s most unusual airports. Complete with Western theme buildings, 28-room on-airport motel and airplane-shaped swimming pool, it’s the recreational center of its community. And this one-time “aeronautical dude ranch” lives on in…wait for it…New Jersey!...

2013 Young Eagles flight rally a success - Herald Review | Recently, 140 local youth were able to ride in an airplane thanks to the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 412. Six local pilots volunteered their time and planes to take children ages eight to 17 for a ride in the skies at the Grand Rapids airport in the annual Young Eagles Flight Rally....